Brazil's jobless rate leaps to 5.3 percent in January

RIO DE JANEIRO Feb 26 (Reuters) - Brazil's non-seasonally
adjusted jobless rate in January jumped a full
percentage point from the previous month, to 5.3 percent,
statistics agency IBGE said on Thursday.

The number was above the median forecast of 5.0 percent in
a Reuters poll of 25 economists.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Writing by Silvio Cascione
Editing by W Simon)